Contradictions and Paradoxes in Isaiah 63:15

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Isaiah 63:15 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Isaiah 63:15. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Isaiah, he is asking God to look down from heaven and see him. He wonders where God’s strong love and kindness are, and why they seem to be held back.

Isaiah 63:15: Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where [is] thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained? [the sounding: or, the multitude]

Contradiction with Psalm 11:4

This verse declares that the Lord's throne is in heaven and His eyes behold, suggesting His continued attentiveness and presence, contrasting with Isaiah 63:15, which questions God's compassion and presence.

Psalm 11:4: The LORD [is] in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne [is] in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 23:23-24

These verses assert that God is near and fills heaven and earth, opposing the doubt of God's nearness expressed in Isaiah 63:15.

Jeremiah 23:23-24: [Am] I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off?

Contradiction with Psalm 121:4

This verse states that He who watches over Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps, contradicting the questioning of God's active involvement in Isaiah 63:15.

Psalm 121:4: Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.

Contradiction with Psalm 139:7-10

These verses affirm that there is nowhere one can go away from God's presence, contrasting with the plea for God to look down from heaven in Isaiah 63:15.

Psalm 139:7-10: Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

Contradiction with Hebrews 13:5

This verse promises that God will never leave nor forsake, which contradicts the feeling of abandonment expressed in Isaiah 63:15.

Hebrews 13:5: [Let your] conversation [be] without covetousness; [and be] content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
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